Career
He was one of the most successful head coaches in Seattle University"s men"s basketball history
Cazzetta was head coach at Seattle University from 1959 through 1963. He ranked second in school history with a.711 winning percentage and 96 wins. He resigned as coach with nine games left in the 1963 season after a dispute with the athletic director
Cazzetta moved on to become an assistant coach at the University of Rhode Island.
Cazzetta became head coach of the fledgling Pittsburgh Pipers during the American Bar Association"s first season. He made major changes to the roster throughout the season.
At the end of the season the team only had four players who had been there at the start of the season. (The owners" refusal and move were both mistakes.
The team returned to Pittsburgh as the Pipers after only one season in Minnesota) Cazzetta was replaced as the Pipers" head coach by Jim Harding of LaSalle College.
Cazzetta died in 2005 in Hartford, Connecticut at the age of 79.